DEPT Acquires Growth Marketing Agency 3Q Digital (3Q/DEPT)

DEPT Acquires 3Q Digital

April 21, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Global digital agency DEPT has completed the acquisition of growth marketing agency 3Q Digital, bringing 3Q’s ~500 US-based specialists into DEPT’s global team. The deal integrates 3Q’s proprietary solutions (including Qontrol) into DEPT’s Ada martech platform and expands DEPT’s US capabilities and scale across data, engineering, and performance marketing.

The Carlyle Group Acquires Majority Stake in Dept

January 30, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dept, a fast-growing independent digital agency headquartered in Amsterdam. The investment (from Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV) will support Dept's international growth and capability expansion as the company continues scaling across Europe and the Americas; current investor Waterland Private Equity is exiting.

3Q Digital Acquires Inseev Interactive

January 11, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

3Q Digital has acquired Inseev Interactive, a San Diego-based SEO agency, to expand its organic search and content capabilities. The acquisition brings Inseev’s technical SEO expertise and team (over 70 employees) into 3Q Digital’s broader growth marketing platform, with Inseev’s founder Jimmy Page joining 3Q in a founder capacity.

Biggie Group Acquires 3QTZ

June 21, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Biggie Group has acquired Paris-based digital marketing agency 3QTZ to strengthen its digital marketing, media buying and consulting capabilities. The deal, supported by investor Groupe HLD, expands the Group's integrated offering across its seven-country footprint and complements prior integrations such as Kazam! and Beastly.

Rockbridge Growth Equity Invests in Quartile Digital

September 29, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has made an investment in Quartile Digital to recapitalize the company and fund direct sales and marketing expansion, product enhancements and further international growth. Quartile is an AI/ML-driven advertising optimization and spend-management SaaS platform used by brands and sellers across Amazon and other online marketplaces; the deal closed on September 29, 2020, with CG Petsky Prunier advising Quartile.

MSQ Acquires New York Creative Agency SPCSHP

October 2, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

London-based MSQ has acquired New York-based creative agency SPCSHP (formerly Big Spaceship), adding roughly 140 employees and more than doubling MSQ's U.S. presence and North American revenues to $100 million. The deal, backed by private equity partners One Equity Partners and LDC, expands MSQ's capabilities and scale in North America and integrates SPCSHP into MSQ's global network of creative, media and technology agencies.